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Klaus Stadlmann: The world’s smallest 3D printer

Filmed Oct 2011 • Posted Dec 2011TEDxVienna
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What could you do with the world’s smallest 3D printer? Klaus Stadlmann demos his tiny, affordable printer that could someday make customized hearing aids -- or sculptures smaller than a human hair. (Filmed at TEDxVienna.)

Klaus Stadlmann was pursuing his PhD at Vienna's Technical University when a broken laser system gave him some unexpected free time to think. Instead of working on his thesis, he decided to build the world's smallest 3D printer. Full bio »

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